Canoes, kayaks, in Fox River Mid-American Canoe and Kayak Race

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More than 200 canoes and kayaks competed in the Fox Valley Park District’s Mid-American Canoe and Kayak Race on the Fox River between both St. Charles and Batavia to Aurora Sunday, June 5.

The Mid-American Canoe and Kayak Race provides a finish in Aurora for participants Sunday, June 5. Al Benson/The Voice

Held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., the race featured two race lengths with start lines in St. Charles (10 miles) and Batavia (six miles). Both finished with a post-race lunch party and awards ceremony at Prisco Community Center/McCullough Park, 150 W. Illinois Avenue in Aurora.

Kayak paddlers participate in the Sunday, June 5 race on the Fox River. Al Benson/The Voice

The race offered 10 canoe divisions, eight kayak divisions, and a noncompetitive recreational division.

The top three boats in each division received an award.

—Al Benson

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